Seriously what race am I?
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 8:21 pm
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If you can check Native American, forget CCN, you're in at HYS.admisionquestion wrote:I am 1/8 Native American. Maybe more, cuz grandma's lineage ethnicity is unknown, but grandpa is definitely 100%.
Mom gets money from the reservation that she sends back to them. I have never taken a huge interest in my heritage--but I also think that my interest in my ethnicity and my check box ethnicity are totally different questions.
I know that this question is raised over and over again but someone help me decide in my case. Do I click both White and Native American? or just White?
I know the benefits without a DS for NA are incredibly low, but an incredibly small boost could definitely make CCN a reality for my 170, 3.9 self.
Hear hear. Socrates, speaks!chimp wrote:Human
The good folks at LSAC want you to pay them and not talk about the test. That is the extent of their interest. Their ideal client pays the fee online months before the test and then falls into a coma forever.Blessedassurance wrote:I took the Feb exam and the June exam. In June, LSAC required passport photos on the admission thingy which they didn't do for February. Why does the tin-foil hat guy in me think there's a diabolic reason behind this shit? I wouldn't put it past the good folks at LSAC, anal-retentive as they are.
So, so wrong.Kohinoor wrote:The good folks at LSAC want you to pay them and not talk about the test. That is the extent of their interest. Their ideal client pays the fee online months before the test and then falls into a coma forever.Blessedassurance wrote:I took the Feb exam and the June exam. In June, LSAC required passport photos on the admission thingy which they didn't do for February. Why does the tin-foil hat guy in me think there's a diabolic reason behind this shit? I wouldn't put it past the good folks at LSAC, anal-retentive as they are.
A. I totally agree that it seems like BSflcath wrote:I kinda feel back that the poor (caucasian) guy from Libya in the other thread gets no AA, while this guy does.
Depends on what the purpose of AA is. Maybe this illuminates its true nature as preferring appearances to real diversity.flcath wrote:I kinda feel back that the poor (caucasian) guy from Libya in the other thread gets no AA, while this guy does.
Under none of the standard justifications for AA, should someone who "finds out" they're a minority at the point of application be entitled to the benefits of AA.AreJay711 wrote:Depends on what the purpose of AA is. Maybe this illuminates its true nature as preferring appearances to real diversity.flcath wrote:I kinda feel back that the poor (caucasian) guy from Libya in the other thread gets no AA, while this guy does.
Why even bring this up? That guys bitching was enough in one thread, hopefully that ridiculousness doesn't have to spill into this one.flcath wrote:I kinda feel bad that the poor (caucasian) guy from Libya in the other thread gets no AA, while this guy does.
Checking both sounds like the right way to go.admisionquestion wrote:I have already decided I will be checking the box. I have no idea how I would be misleading the schools. I will check both Caucasian and NA. If I could give percent I would. I do not care about my ethnicity at all, but i definitely Identify as a 1/4th NA, If asked to Identify.abl wrote:It sounds like your mom (who sends the checks back) does not identify as NA, and it sounds like you do not either. If you (a) don't identify as NA, and (b) aren't a registered tribal member then no, I do not think you should check the NA box on your application. Would it be technically dishonest to do so? Probably not, but it's not the "right" thing to do--you're knowingly misleading the law schools.
Because law schools never....uhh....try to mislead students.abl wrote:but it's not the "right" thing to do--you're knowingly misleading the law schools.
You should check, "WHACK." Cause if you've never considered yourself NA, then you clearly aren't.Wade LeBosh wrote:If law schools applications are the first time you've considered yourself NA, then you clearly aren't.